When the sun is out in Vancouver, everyone is in a darn good mood.
And this summer, Vancouverites have been eating GOOD with all the new food spots opening up!
Here are 36 new spots that opened up in Vancouver this summer.
1. Dave’s Hot Chicken
The Nashville-style chain soft opened June 18 in the old Cinema Public House, grown from a stand three friends built with $900 in 2017. The heat ladder tops out at Reaper, which you sign a waiver to order.
Address: 901 Granville Street, Vancouver
2. Unscripted Coffee
Angel Dee, 17, and her sister Sara, 23, opened July 31 in the old BrainStation unit by Waterfront Station, documenting every permit on Instagram. Twelve days in, we went back and could not find a seat.
Address: 455 Granville Street, Vancouver
Two sisters betting everything
3. Bloom Bakery and Cafe
Shayesta Azizi, 22, opened in the old Blenz unit at Robson and Seymour and plans to run 24 hours. She immigrated from Afghanistan and paused a semester of criminology to save the roughly $20,000 she put in.
Address: 776 Seymour Street, Vancouver
4. SUMU
Grand opened August 8 in the unit SalaThai held for 38 years, running binchotan yakitori on one side and build-your-own nabe on the other. You walk a fridge of 100-plus ingredients at $4.19 per 100 grams.
Address: 888 Burrard Street, Vancouver
5. Truffle Donut
The Japanese nama donut chain opened its Canadian debut June 6 in the former Ikoi Donut space. The dough is kneaded with pumpkin and Japanese flour then cold-fermented slowly, a format it has grown to 25-plus shops on.
Address: 5712 Tyne Street, Vancouver
6. Maria Celeste
Brothers Justin and Cristian Isidro opened a 36 seat Portuguese tasca August 4 in the old Tasty Planet unit, named for their mother. Justin ran operations at Michelin-starred Kissa Tanto, where Cristian also cooked.
Address: 4181 Fraser Street, Vancouver
7. Amber Kissa
The listening bar opened in early July in the Anchor Hotel redevelopment, about a year behind target, following the 1950s Japanese kissa tradition. Curved acoustic panels hang in overlapping ovals and the window reads “Listen, closely.”
Address: 99 Powell Street, Vancouver
8. Delysees Oakridge Park
The Toronto-born pastry boutique opened its standalone Oakridge Park shop in late June, velvet rope and all. Black fluted walls with gold lettering, white marble counters, gold ring chandeliers, and staff in bow ties.
Address: 650 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver (Oakridge Park)
Opening day at Delysees
9. Cloudstreet
The Hyatt Regency’s redesigned room soft opened wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows over Burrard and Georgia, with the grand opening set for September. Chef de cuisine Craig Sung most recently ran the kitchen at Forage.
Address: 655 Burrard Street, Vancouver
10. Meros House of Yogurt
Opened August 8 calling itself a Greek yogurt bar, and we have not found another one in the city. The yogurt is strained in house from Vancouver Island dairy, and $3 adds creatine or whey isolate.
Address: 1207 Hamilton Street, Vancouver
11. Emeri
The matcha bar that ran six months of weekend pop-ups opened its permanent Main Street shop June 20, in an old Goldilocks bakery. Co-owners Justin Ng and Josephine Au hauled home a stone mill from Nara.
Address: 2833 Main Street, Vancouver
12. No Ne Kitchen and Bar
Opened in early June in the old Damso unit, walls covered in hand-painted old Hanoi murals drawn by artists in Vietnam and shipped over. Owner Elly Le is from Hanoi and ran a restaurant there ten years.
Address: 867 Denman Street, Vancouver
13. Betsutenjin
The Hong Kong ramen name expats will recognize soft opened in early June on the West End ramen strip. The team says a licensing issue ended its Hong Kong permits, so the brand relocated here.
Address: 1739 Robson Street, Vancouver
14. Ramen Danbo Main
The Fukuoka-style chain soft opened on Main July 15 with bar seating only, one U-shaped counter under a tiled roof holding around 30. The team told us that was deliberate, closer to how ramen shops run in Japan.
Address: 3982 Main Street, Vancouver
15. Menya Tsuzuki
A ramen counter on the quiet second floor of Robson Public Market, opened in early July by two Japanese chefs who came over from Toronto. The Tonkotsu Original and Abura Soba are $9.99 for a limited run.
Address: Stall 203, Robson Public Market, 1610 Robson Street, Vancouver
The $9.99 tonkotsu nobody walks past
16. Lagman
Uyghur hand-pulled noodles one floor up in the same market, wok-tossed with meat, vegetables and spice. The kitchen is halal and leans on veal, with big plate chicken, samsa and lamb pilaf alongside.
Address: Stall 202, Robson Public Market, 1610 Robson Street, Vancouver
17. Bisou Bakehouse Robson
The French bakery opened its third Metro Vancouver shop July 18, in the old corner Waves Coffee unit. A croissant the size of a carry-on suitcase sits in the window, with dozens more strung from the ceiling.
Address: Robson Street at Bute Street, Vancouver
18. Angus T Davie
The bakery soft opened July 24 in the corner unit Matchstick Coffee held for 14 years before going dark in March. The case reads more like a flavour list than a bakery counter, matcha-glazed croissant at $6.50.
Address: 1305 Davie Street, Vancouver
19. Mello Robson
The Korean brioche donut shop opened on Robson August 11. Staff say the savoury donuts are specific to this location: truffle ham cheese, basil tomato salami, and a fruit sando, each split like a sandwich.
Address: 1400 Robson Street, Vancouver
20. Chaiiwala of London Robson
A tea stall that opened in New Delhi in 1927 now has a Robson counter, revived by the family in 2016 and built into a chain. Karak chaii is the signature, boiled rather than steeped.
Address: 1478 Robson Street, Vancouver
21. Salt &
A small Korean cafe built almost entirely around 소금빵, the crisp-bottomed salt bread spreading across Metro Vancouver. It soft opened in early July in a glass corner unit that was a croissant shop for 14 years.
Address: 858 Hamilton Street, Vancouver
22. Nana’s Green Tea Downtown
The Tokyo matcha cafe known for Kyoto-sourced green tea opened its second Vancouver shop June 6, across from Scotiabank Theatre. It marked the opening by handing out 300 free Shiratama parfaits over two days.
Address: 869 Hornby Street, Vancouver
23. Little Pisces Olympic Village
The taiyaki shop known for mochi-battered, fish-shaped cakes opened its Olympic Village flagship in early June, roughly double the original Lougheed store.
It is the only location with a full coffee menu, including $3 americanos.
Address: 1788 Columbia Street, Vancouver
24. Pallet Coffee Roasters Olympic Village
Pallet’s eighth cafe opened in early July in Olympic Village, taking over the unit Starbucks left behind. Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps the corner in a curve, so light comes in from two directions.
Address: 2035 Yukon Street, Vancouver
25. Moving Coffee Bar
The Richmond roaster locals kept driving out for opened a bar inside the Leisure Center on June 12, with the design lounge handing over a corner of its floor. Founder Edmond has been Q-Grader certified since 2012.
Address: 950 Homer Street, Vancouver (inside the Leisure Center)
26. Loreto
An all-day Mexican brunch and bakery that opened in early June on the corner La Cerveceria held, long one of the rougher stretches in Chinatown. Mornings run pancakes and huevos, later turning to al pastor and suadero.
Address: 219 Union Street, Vancouver
27. Gringo Gastown
The taco shop reopened in Blood Alley July 16, four months after going dark until further notice. Gringo had permanently closed its Davie Street and Lonsdale locations in March, then shut Gastown a week later.
Address: 27 Blood Alley Square, Vancouver
28. BBQ & Co Cambie
The Cantonese BBQ operation that ran delivery-only from a Richmond kitchen since 2025 opened its Cambie Village storefront July 3, in the old Chef Wobot unit. Hanging roast ducks, char siu, soy sauce chicken.
Address: 3088 Cambie Street, Vancouver
29. Viethaus
A Vietnamese kitchen and bar that opened in late July in the former La Chuoi unit, fully renovated rather than inherited. The appetizer list runs Hanoi green rice cakes, roasted duck bao, and frog legs three ways.
Address: 2780 Kingsway, Vancouver
30. G3 Kitchen and Bar
Opened in Yaletown the week of July 22, in the old Kurotaki space. The Indian side is the spine, then the menu turns into a section called The Chef’s Anchor, where chicken parmesan lives.
Address: 496 Drake Street, Vancouver
31. Sushi Nami
Opened on Main about a month after AFURI pulled out of BC on June 28, and the old AFURI sign is still bolted to the corner post. Maki, nigiri, tempura, donburi, and a lunch bento.
Address: 2801 Main Street, Vancouver
32. Sushi California Seymour
The chain quietly opened its Seymour shop in mid July, on the ground floor of the VSO School of Music building beside the Orpheum. Textured white stone sits behind the banquettes.
Address: 827 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Inside the new Sushi California
33. Alfa Tea Robson
The bubble tea brand known for viral mango drinks grand opened its biggest Metro Vancouver shop on Robson June 13. The signage gives away the twist, day to night, tea to bar, with the bar half still to come.
Address: 1331 Robson Street, Vancouver
The tea shop that becomes a bar
34. Buttercrumbs Pop Up
The online bakery built on butter cookies opened a Cookies and Tea Bar inside Bentall Centre, weekdays 8am to 4pm, in the old Taco Nori unit. It ran on pre-orders and pickup days until now.
Address: 502-595 Burrard Street, Vancouver (Bentall Centre)
35. Krave Kulture Vancouver
The North Vancouver craft yogurt shop soft opened inside Vancouver proper July 22, a summer kiosk at the Harbour Cruises marina.
The froyo is made in house from organic Canadian milk, slow-fermented 24 hours.
Address: 501 Denman Street, Vancouver (Harbour Cruises marina)
Read the Krave Kulture opening
36. Lava Lunis Gelateria
The pop-up running out of Kranky Cafe rolled its hand-built cart into a one-month stall at Junction Public Market, August 14 to September 9. Owner Kangqi “Ves” Luo spent 60 days interviewing 234 people and 32 dogs.
Address: Junction Public Market, Waterfront, Vancouver (August 14 to September 9)
The gelato built from 234 street interviews
Eighteen of these moved into units another business walked away from, including a Thai room that ran 38 years and a Matchstick that ran 14.
That is most of the story of Vancouver storefronts this year.
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